Should HR have a spot in the board? And what’s the secret behind keeping employee satisfaction high? These are just two examples of questions that many business owners often ask themselves. That’s why we’ve built our next Amsterdam Talks Tech all around solving the greatest managerial mysteries affecting the workforce. Think technical innovations for better recruitment, stronger interconnectivity and the ultimate tools in talent development.
Speakers
- Dr. Marcia Goddard // YoungCapital
- Jorg Ruis // Culture Builders
- Laurent Scholten // Wonderkind
- Nadja Muller -den Blijker // iThrive
- Thomas Moes // Homerun
Dr. Marcia Goddard // YoungCapital – HR science and innovation
Marcia is a neuroscientist specialised in behaviour, assessment and HR science, which is exactly what she does at YoungCapital. YoungCapital is taking the job market by storm, as they focus on offering young people jobs that allow them to develop – while making some money in the process. Their approach is dedicated to provide everything young and talented professionals need. They offer more than just a job advertisement platform. With fitness bootcamps, yoga classes and many other activities that are necessary for dealing with a rapidly changing environment.
Jorg Ruis // Culture Builders – Founder
Leading businesses like Netflix, Google and AirBnB understand that the workplace needs to change if you want to be able to deal with an accelerating world. Culture Builders specialises in just that – creating a culture that helps any business to attract the best people, turn customers into fans and making any business a highly profitable one.
Laurent Scholten // Wonderkind – Founder and CEO
Wonderkind is another powerhouse in talent-development – dedicated to create the cross-channel approach that reaches further than job boards and traditional advertising. Their next-gen technology aims to reach talent on the media channels that matching use, rather than the ones they’re ought to use. Bringing jobs and success to talent isn’t easy, but that’s where a highly data driven job advertisement business can shine. By merging programmatic buying, artificial intelligence and access to a wide variety of online media channels, they offer results and prevent you from missing lifetime opportunities.
Nadja Muller-den Blijker // iThrive – Founder and CEO
Odds are you’ve heard of all types of chatbots, and mostly they’re designed as nifty little robots that talk back to keep people entertained for a bit. But what if there was a way to turn your life around by letting an advanced AI-fueled chatbot get your life on track? Well, you’ve guessed it; there is one! iThrive is a platform that offers behavioural change training that aims to improve our standard of living. By targeting challenges in our modern-day society such as diabetes, stress, obesity and more, iThrive’s behaviour change model proves 5 times more effective than the golden standard.
Thomas Moes // Homerun – Co-founder
As for Homerun, Spaces can vouch for their helpful and streamlined approach to recruitment. Thomas Moes, co-founder of Homerun, will be here to help share his views of how recruiting needs to change. Gone should be the days of drowsy bullet pointed criteria and in are the days of creating thoughtful narratives to engage your potential team. People are beginning to focus on admiral places to work, opposed to the monotonous drag and getting lost in the crowd of their co-workers. Creating juicy and exciting job boards is a great way to capture those looking for more than just a dreary desk to set up camp.
Programme
6pm // Dinner bites and drinks
7pm // two blocks with talks and Q&A
9pm // More drinks
This event is brought to you by Sprout, Rabobank and I amsterdam.